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Jehovah's Witnesses

The purpose of this page is to provide quick cut and paste answers to common objections against Christianity. Each answer has been boiled down to a maximum of 255 characters, including spaces, to allow it to be pasted on all chat systems -- at least all that I checked. If you know of other basic que... Read More
Walter Beuttler

Study Notes - Satan

Walter BeuttlerA. ORIGIN OF SATAN 1. What light is shed on the origin of Satan in: (1) Isa. 14:12? That prior to his fall he was called “Lucifer” (“day star”) and “son of the morning,” probably because he was the beginning of God’s creation. (2) Ezek. 28:15? That he is a created being and as such does not possess ... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Come upon (1904) eperchomai

Has come upon you (1904) (eperchomai from epi = upon + erchomai = come) means literally to come upon or over a person or place. To draw near which can refer to people, events or time as shown in the nine NT uses. To come upon in the sense of arriving (Acts 14:19). To come upon in the sense of someth... Read More
Herman Bavinck

Death

Herman Bavinck1. Conception of Sin and Death: According to Genesis 2:17, God gave to man, created in His own image, the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and added thereto the warning, "in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." Though not exclusively, reference is ce... Read More
John Flavel

The Harlots Face In The Looking-Glass Of Scripture

John FlavelThe Harlots Face in the Looking-Glass of Scripture by John Flavel Proverbs 6:32 "But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself!" The next danger I shall give you warning of, is the sin of immorality; with which I fear too many of the rude and looser sort of seamen d... Read More
Robert Wurtz II

THE SEVEN FUNDAMENTALS OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH (Requirement 5)

Robert Wurtz IIThe Seven Fundamentals of Spiritual Growth (The Fifth Requirement) By Robert Wurtz II We have reached the final faze of preparation in our study of spiritual growth that will accomplish the “Having done all” portion of Ephesians Chapter 6. Up to this point we have looked at the first four things tha... Read More
John MacArthur

The Biblical View on Abortion

John MacArthurSermon 1 As we come this morning to the matter of abortion, before I take you into the scriptures and we look more closely at to what the Bible has to say, it is probably fitting for us to get some kind of a grasp on the issue itself. So, I want to address that, if I may, for a moment. What I am goi... Read More

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